CINCINNATI ZOO GUIDE 
I he Nicobar Pigeon ( Calloenas nicobarica) from Philippine 
Islands. 
The Band-Tailed Pigeon from California. 
The Fan-Tailed Pigeon ( Columba livia domestica ), Europe. 
The Crowned Pigeon ( Goura coronata) . About the size of a 
guinea fowl. Its fine crest is always expanded. It has a deep and 
uniform slate-blue color. A native of Java and New Guinea. 
The different varieties of poultry usually to be seen in the 
collection are as follows: 
The white plymouth rock, the buff plymouth rock, the silver- 
laced wyandottes, the white leghorn, the single-comb brown 
leghorn, the black minorcas, the partridge cochins, the houdans. 
In the row of cages on the west side of this building are kept 
the Belgian hare, the angora rabbit, the Himalayan rabbit and 
the lap-eared rabbit from Europe. In the adjoining cage are a 
number of domestic rabbits and wood hares. The term grey 
rabbits is very commonly used to designate both varieties. 
The hare does not burrow. 
The Guinea Pig ( Cavia porcellus). The original home of the 
guinea pig is in South America, but it has become domesticated 
in all parts of the world. It is an inoffensive and defenseless 
animal. It is lively, though lacking in intelligence. It quarrels 
with its fellows, but is gentle toward other animals. Though 
called a pig, it is not one. It is a member of the Rodentia. Its 
color is variable — white, red, and black. The bare portions of 
the skin are flesh colored. Its eyes are brown. It has no tail. It is 
a strict vegetarian in eating. 
Opposite the entrance of this building is a large cage enclosed 
with glass. Here are kept the boas and large python snakes. 
The latter average from twenty to twenty-four feet in length. 
The ground color of the boa is a rich brown, and a broad chain 
of rich, blackish horizontal spots and pale white runs along its 
back. These dark and pale spots alternate, forming a very 
pretty costume. Pythons do not differ materially in their 
habits from the boas of the New World. They are found as far 
as the Malay Archipelago and the west and south of Africa. In 
the collection are a number of Tree Boas ( Epicrates ongulifer) 
